Overview

• A southbound train struck a front-end loader near Everett and Waukegan roads around noon Sunday, according to local officials.
• Service on Metra’s Milwaukee District North Line was halted in both directions for more than three hours before reopening.
• The operator of the loader, a Metra employee performing maintenance, was taken to a hospital with injuries described as non-life-threatening.
• Crews cleared the scene as investigators from Lake Forest, Amtrak, Metra and Canadian Pacific Kansas City Southern examined the site.
• Police reported no road closures from the stopped train, and the cause of the collision remains under investigation.